Hood for automobiles.



E. T. ROBINSON. HOOD FOR AUTOMOBILES.

APPLICATION FILED rm. 11, 1908.

Patented Nov. 17, 1908.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1 v E. T. ROBINSON.

HOOD FOR AUTOMOBILES.

U APPLIOATION FILED FEB.11, 1908. 904, lol. Patented Nov. 17, 1908. 2 8HEBTSSHBET Z.

UNITED EDWARD TIYROBIVNSO'NQOF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI; ASSIGNOR TO ST. LOUIS ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI; A CORPORATION.

QAR COMPANY, or

HOOD FOR AUTOMOBILES.

I To all whom it may concern:

open or expanded condition.

Be it known that I, Rowan!) T. ROBINSON,

a citizen of the United States of America,

residing in the city of St. Louis and State of Missouri, have inventedv certain new and useful Improvements in Hoods for Automobiles,' of which the following is a full, clear,

and exact, description, reference being had to the accompany ng drawings,

forming part of this "specification.

My invention relates to that class of hoods utilized-over the engines employed upon antomobiles for the purpose of housing'said engines in a manner to provide ventilation or circulation of air into and from the space occupied by the englnes.

. The present mvention has for it'sobject to provide a 'hood of this character which 18 collapsible and comprises a plurality of sections that may be telescoped within each III i sa front elevation of the hood with its supporting members shown in vertical cross section taken on line IIIIII, Fig. I. Fig. IV is an enlarged vertical longitudinal section taken through a part of the hood in an Fig. V is a vertical cross section taken on line V--V,

' Fig. IV. Fig. VI. is a horizontal longitudinal section taken on line VI-VII, Fig. IV

with the hood section shown in expanded condition. Fig. VII is.a horizontal longitudinal section taken onlme VI-VII with the sections of the hood shown in collapsed condition.

In the accompanying drawings: A. designates the frame of an automobile by which the engine and other parts surrounding it are supported.

1 designates the rear wall of my hood and 2 the front wall of the hood which are mountedupon the frame A and the latter of which is'preferably perforated as is common in. automobile hoods in order that air may pass therethrough to circulate around the engine that is housed by the hood.

' 3 is a top rod and at are side rods moimted in the wallsl and 2 and which serve as guides for the movable sectio'nofmy hood.

5 designates a plurality of ventilator sec- Specificationiof Letters Patent. application filed February 11, .19os. Serial No. 415,359.

Patented Nov. 17, 1908.

-ti'on s of tapering shape and of approximately inverted uiform that are adapted to be shifted to and fro between the hood walls pactly intoeach other to afford access to the .space occupied by the engine. Each venti-- later section is provided with a plurality of lugs 6 loosely fitted to the guide rods and'el in order that said guide rods may serve to direct the movement of the sections and also retain the sectionsin place above the frame A.

- 7 are connection straps secured to the ventilator sections at their forward ends and provided with longitudinahslots '8, and 9 are studs carried by the ventilator sections and adapted to operate in the slots in said straps when the sections are shifted to extend them and when the hood is collapsed. The connection straps and studs serve to unite the sections in a manner to provide forthe hood'being readily collapsed or extended when a ventilator section of eitherend of the hood is shifted either forwardly or.back-' wardly, inasmuch as the straps and studsof the several ventilator sections are brought into such engagement'with each other as to cause the successive sections to operate upon the sections in front of or back of those initially moved.

The forward and rear ventilator sections. 5 are provided with handles 10 that may be readily grasped for the purpose of shifting thesesections and causing like shifting-of the other sections of the hood between the walls 1 and 2; and a suitable catch, such as an eye 11 and a hook 12 carried by the end ventilator sections and the end walls of the hood respectively, which connect each end ventilator section to the wall that, is adjacent thereto when the hood is in an expanded condition; These catches may be readily I It) I claim:

1. A hood of the character described comprising a plurality of tapering telescoping sections.

2. A hood of the character described comprising a plurality of tapering telescoping sections of U-shape.

3. A hood of the character described comprising a plurality of telescoping sections, and means whereby said sections are united to each other.

4. A hood of the character described comprising a plurality of telescoping sections having slot and pin connection With each other.

5. A hood of the character described comsectio'nstand guides for said sections.

6. A hood of the character described comprising front and rear Walls, guide rods" mounted in said Walls-and spanning the space between them, a plurality of Ventilator sections loosely mounted on said guide rods, and means for connecting the endmost of said sectlons to said Walls.

EDVARD Tr ROBINSON. In presence of A. DIEKMANN, i M. O. MURPHY. 

